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tambaala (-tambadde) v.tr. stand up to/ against; face up to; confront; dare (to). cf. entambaazi. travel

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Meaning

okutambulako, to take a walk, ku- tambula nga weerinnyako, to walk slowly/ cautiously/fearfully, lit. stepping all over oneself.

tambaala (-tambadde) v.tr. stand up to/ against; face up to; confront; dare (to). cf. entambaazi. travel, okutambulako, to take a walk, ku- tambula nga weerinnyako, to walk slowly/ cautiously/fearfully, lit. stepping all over oneself.

Related Words
tambulikika (-tambulikise) v.i. neut. 2 be easy to walk with. Omuntu ow'engeri eyo atambula olundayandaya tatambulikika naye. A man like that goes the long way around, it is hard to walk with him. cf. obutambuze, amatambulire, omutambuz tambuza (-tambuzizza) v.tr. caus. cause to walk/go/travel; ship deliver; walk/go with/by means of. okutambuza ebigere, to go on foot, okutambuza eggaali, to go by bicycle, okutambuza amaaso, to tamba (-tambye) v.tr. sacrifice kill for ritual purposes; execute; slaughter. Kaa- kati okatambye! Now you have really gone and done it! (-ka- of okatambye implie tambira (-tambidde) v.tr. appl. sacrifice for/in etc. tambirira (-tambiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 sacrifice to. okutambirira balubaale to sacrifice to the lubaales. tambulira (-tambulidde) v.i. appl. walk/ go/travel in/at etc. okutambulira ku bu- nkenke, to walk on tiptoe, okutambulira omuntu, lit. to travel around because of somebody, i.e., to obtai tambulula (-tambuludde) v.tr. okulambulula eddogo to remove a spell/incantation/hex. okulambulula omuntu, to exorcise a person, free a person from the effects of a spell or of spir tambya (-tambizza) tambisa (-tambisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to sacrifice, etc. cf. ekitambiro, omutambizi, ettambiro.